Some of My Experiences during a Voyage to the Gulf of Carpentaria and three years’ residence at Normanton in the Early Seventies
First Edition.
21cm x 13.5cm. [ii], 37 pages, 2 plates. Wrappers.
Two lectures given by Emily Cowl depicting her exciting life on the North Queensland frontier in the 1870s after her husband was appointed manager of the Normanton telegraph station. Maintaining her middle-class values Cowl shares entertaining tales of the difficult journey, harsh environment, the Native Police, and Aborigines. Published in 1912, shortly after the Cowls’ Golden Anniversary.
Minor creasing to wrappers, minor chipping to lower panel. Some foxing. Very Good Condition.
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